‘Home’, a musical play of New Zealand and World War I
Weaving Scottish songs into a New Zealand war. (The Fringe Festival) Artistic direction: Jacqueline Coats; graphic design: Katie Chalmers; singers: Rowena Simpson and Stuart Coats; piano: Douglas Mews...
View ArticleA truly festive “Symphony of a Thousand”
MAHLER – Symphony No.8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”) Twyla Robinson (sop.) / Marina Shaguch (sop.) / Sara Macliver (sop.) / Dagmar Peckova (m-sop.) / Bernadette Cullen (m-sop.) / Simon O’Neill (tenor) /...
View ArticleNew Zealand Trio in excerpts for the Festival
(New Zealand International Arts Festival) Music by Beethoven, Ross Edwards, Dvorak, Chen Yi, Ravel, Phil Dadson. David Downes New Zealand Trio: Justine Cormack – violin, Ashley Brown – cello, Sarah...
View ArticleDIRTY BEASTS and other stories
Oliver Hancock – Three Tolkien Miniatures / Paul Patterson – Rebecca / Little Red Riding Hood Martin Butler - Dirty Beasts Nigel Collins (narrator), Diedre Irons (piano) ZEPHYR – Bridget Douglas...
View ArticleOrganics for free at the International Arts Festival in Wellington
John Wells - Organ Recital at the Wellington Town Hall JS Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 / Frank Bridge – Adagio in E Major Alfred Hollins – Concerto Overture No.2 / Cesar Franck – Piece...
View ArticleRavi Shankar – a living legend in Wellington
RAVI SHANKA (sitar) (with Anoushka Shankar – sitar) Accompanying Musicians: Tanmoy Bose (tabla) Ravichandra Kulur (flute and tanpura) New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, Wellington Michael...
View ArticleFreiburg Baroque Orchestra – sounds from the Old World
HAYDN – Symphony No.91 in E-flat Hob.1:91 MOZART – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-flat K.495 MOZART – Symphony No.38 in D Major “Prague” K.504 Teunis van der Zwart (natural horn) Freiburg Baroque...
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